Is the threat claim evidence-based?
There are no studies linking foxes to Julia Creek dunnart
populations.
Evidence linking Sminthopsis
douglasi to foxes. Systematic review of evidence for an
association between Sminthopsis douglasi and foxes. Positive
studies are in support of the hypothesis that foxes contribute
to the decline of Sminthopsis douglasi, negative studies are not in
support. Predation studies include studies documenting hunting or
scavenging; baiting studies are associations between poison baiting and
threatened mammal abundance where information on predator abundance is
not provided; population studies are associations between threatened
mammal and predator abundance.
References
Kutt, A.S. (2003). New records of the Julia Creek dunnart Sminthopsis
douglasi in central-north Queensland. Australian Zoologist 32,
257-260.
Wallach et al. 2023 In Submission